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Kirkus Best Books is published each December by Kirkus Reviews, honoring the best books published that year. I’m marking this occasion by offering an e-book bargain, so read on! The Kirkus Best Books are selected from the 8,000 to 10,000 … Continue reading →

Big news – actually, triple news – about Death By Arbitrage or Live Low Die High, the third novel in the Evan Olsson mystery series. This novel, authored by Art Chester and Urno Barthel, resolves some though not all of … Continue reading →

The publisher Outskirts Press offers all three books in either paperback or PDF version: #1, #2 and #3. Respected Kirkus Reviews has published reviews of all three books HERE.

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Death By Arbitrage or Live Low Die High

(Evan Olsson #3)

Insider trading – white-collar crime. It’s harmless to everyone except a few investors. Or is it? Consider a hedge fund that blocks emergency calls, making profitable trades while people lie dying.

Computer scientist Evan Olsson discovers a company that’s willing to commit murder to fatten its profits. With good friends, technology and a robotic transformation, he uncovers the hidden tricks of their business. Unfortunately, Evan becomes prey as well as pursuer and finds his life in immediate danger. As he tries to dodge a murderous adversary, Evan has to deal with risk of a different kind: an imminent explosion as the two women in his life collide.

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Death By Tech

(Evan Olsson #2)

A totally secure meeting, in a totally secure laboratory, every attendee cleared and confirmed. How did two unknown gunmen suddenly appear, threatening twenty people with a powerful laser beam and viciously attacking the chief engineer? Evan Olsson hears the screams of victims and smells burning flesh as he pursues the criminals from the room only to stumble over his favorite security guard, dead in a pool of her own blood.

The mysterious crime is revealed as part of a larger plot when a powerful laser is stolen by high-tech means. Evan and his FBI partner Matt discover an international conspiracy to attack L.A. infrastructure and murder global leaders. They reach the heart of the plot but find themselves trapped deep underground by the criminals as the conspiracy reaches its deadly conclusion.

Death By Tech plunges Evan and Matt into a whirlpool of liaisons and betrayals as they seek bits of truth that can be trusted. Their work is undercut and placed in jeopardy by even their closest allies, who seem to have sinister agendas of their own. Evan’s problems are compounded by shocking developments in his love life. He will need all his skill and luck to get through this case and regain his optimistic faith in the future.

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Death By Probability

(Evan Olsson #1)

It caused a hell of a fuss when they found Willard in his office, bloody, splayed out on the floor, chair overturned. Evan Olsson is stunned. Inside a top-secret lab, behind layers of security, his mentor is suddenly and violently dead. Even worse, a mysterious message hints of a deadly plot that threatens the US electrical network. How can Evan deal with all this when he’s got problems of his own? His love life stinks, and his only close friend is a computer program barely smart enough to say “hello.”

Evan takes over the mentor’s project and with a reluctant FBI partner uses computer science and nanotechnology to unravel the mystery. With his personal safety at risk he tracks the mastermind to the Malibu area. The criminals up the stakes by paralyzing a regional energy network, accelerating their plans for a devastating national attack just days away. Nature disrupts everything with a disaster that helps Evan unmask the criminals but requires him to flee for his life.

Death By Probability pursues a mysterious death to its ultimate secret. Technology and fringe science, friendship and romance, computer intelligence and human frailty –- all these help solve a mystery that builds to a fast-paced climax.

I am giving away copies of Death By Tech free in a PDF version. This is the second Evan Olsson mystery, authored by Urno Barthel and Art Chester. If you’d like this free copy, just send me an e-mail (to art@artchester.net) or use … Continue reading →

The Holiday Sale brings good news for readers of Death By Tech and Death By Probability! Both of the Evan Olsson mysteries are now available in both print and e-book versions, with a special 2 for 1 holiday sale that’s good … Continue reading →

Death By Tech is published! Outskirts Press set a new record (in my experience), achieving print publication in under 10 weeks for #2 in my Evan Olsson series of mystery novels. The sidebar on this page shows a cover image … Continue reading →

Science Fact: Death By Tech, the second Evan Olsson mystery novel, has just gone to the publisher, Outskirts Press. I hope to have it in paperback and e-book before the end of 2014, and I hope you’ll read and enjoy … Continue reading →

Goodreads Giveaway was the lead widget in the right margin of this website for the past month. Goodreads is a readers’ website and they offer a great way for a book to find new readers: an author or publisher can offer one … Continue reading →

Death By Probability is now in its (fanfare, please!) Second Edition. This blogpost tells how to recognize the edition you have, and what to do if you want the newer edition. You might say, what? The publisher’s modest printing of … Continue reading →

My mystery novel Death By Probability by Urno Barthel (my fiction-writing pen name) has been published! In it, the peaceful life of a research scientist is disrupted by terror and murder. The mystery novel is currently available in five formats … Continue reading →

A dad with a talent for math and a passion for women. A bookish mom. When I write fiction as Urno Barthel, I borrow those qualities for the character Evan Olsson. Many of the situations Evan faces are true, and … Continue reading →

Q: Author Urno Barthel, why did you decide to write Death By Probability and your other books? A: I wanted to share the things I love: the special world of the laboratory, a private world where there are secrets within … Continue reading →